A period of increased pride in British culture during the 1990s, closely associated with the New Labour government of that period.

An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Indonesia; created in 1965; currently used as a joint US/UK military base.

possessions of the British Crown that are not overseas territories or colonies

(chiefly historical) The United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.

(informal) The Commonwealth of Nations.

(idiomatic) Disturbingly confident, unacceptably cocky. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Too large to fit into one's pants.

(now chiefly Canada, US, India) A Briton. / (India) The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities.

(rare) British.

Any of various echinoderms, of the class Ophiuroidea, that resemble starfish and have long, slender arms that regenerate when snapped off.

An island in Papua New Guinea. / A city in Hartford County, Connecticut. / A borough of Pennsylvania